Nishimura Hirotaka, Hashii Noritaka, Yamamoto Tomofumi, Sun Yuchen, Miura Takumi, Sato Yoji, Ishii-Watabe Akiko
Division of Biological Chemistry and Biologicals, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-9501, Kanagawa, Japan.
Division of Medicinal Safety Science, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-9501, Kanagawa, Japan.
Pharmaceutics. 2024 Nov 27;16(12):1526. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16121526.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, are promising pharmaceutical modalities. They are purified from cell culture supernatant; however, the preparation may contain EVs with the desired therapeutic effects and different types of EVs, lipoproteins, and soluble proteins. Evaluating the composition of particulate impurities and the levels of protein impurities in final preparations is critical for quality control. However, few analytical methods can detect these impurities. We established and evaluated an analytical method using size-exclusion chromatography-multi-angle light scattering (SEC-MALS) for particle and protein impurity analyses of EV samples. In the particle size distribution analysis of EV samples, SEC-MALS showed higher resolution compared with nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). MALS showed comparable accuracy and precision to that of other methods for particle size evaluation using polystyrene standard beads with 60, 100, or 200 nm diameter. Coupling SEC-MALS with UV detection quantitatively evaluated soluble protein impurities. Proteomic analysis on the SEC-MALS-fractionated samples identified different EV and lipoprotein marker proteins in different fractions. SEC-MALS can characterize EV preparations obtained from human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, suggesting that it can evaluate the particle component composition in various EV samples and therapeutic exosome preparations.
包括外泌体在内的细胞外囊泡(EVs)是很有前景的药物形式。它们从细胞培养上清液中纯化而来;然而,制备物可能含有具有所需治疗效果的细胞外囊泡以及不同类型的细胞外囊泡、脂蛋白和可溶性蛋白质。评估最终制剂中颗粒杂质的组成和蛋白质杂质的水平对于质量控制至关重要。然而,很少有分析方法能够检测到这些杂质。我们建立并评估了一种使用尺寸排阻色谱 - 多角度光散射(SEC - MALS)对细胞外囊泡样品进行颗粒和蛋白质杂质分析的方法。在细胞外囊泡样品的粒径分布分析中,与纳米颗粒跟踪分析(NTA)和动态光散射(DLS)相比,SEC - MALS显示出更高的分辨率。对于使用直径为60、100或200 nm的聚苯乙烯标准珠进行粒径评估的其他方法,多角度光散射显示出相当的准确性和精密度。将SEC - MALS与紫外检测相结合可定量评估可溶性蛋白质杂质。对SEC - MALS分级分离的样品进行蛋白质组学分析,鉴定出不同级分中不同的细胞外囊泡和脂蛋白标记蛋白。SEC - MALS可以表征从人脂肪来源的间充质干细胞获得的细胞外囊泡制剂,这表明它可以评估各种细胞外囊泡样品和治疗性外泌体制剂中的颗粒成分组成。
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